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Boston University
School of Public Health
Department of Global Health
The Global Health Lens
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Issue: 6
2017-2018
Archived issues can be found
here
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In this GH Lens Issue:
- Events
- Announcements
- Student Corner (Certificate Highlights)
- DGH Publications
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Keep yourself engaged and educated on what's happening in the world and how we each can be activists for change but don't let yourself be bogged down alone online with a lot of the news and social media surrounding so many of these issues. Turn to friends, family members and colleagues here at SPH.
To a better tomorrow - Juliana
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SPH Events
International Student Organization Meet & Greet
Monday October 2rd, 5:00-6:00pm INS-206
Tuesday October 3rd, 5:00-6:00pm INS-206
Wednesday October 4th, 5:00-6:00pm Talbot 302
We encourage you to join us at a drop-in information reception to meet our fellows and editors on Wednesday, October 4, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm in the Talbot Board Room (Room 302), so that we can answer questions about the fellowship and the application process. Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday October 11th, 9:00-10:00am Talbot 106E
Tuesday October 17th, 1:00-2:00pm INS-311
Palladium will be having drop in hours immediately following the information session from 2-3pm in T106E
Wednesday October 18th, 5:00-6:00pm INS-311
Wednesday October 18th, 5:00-6:00pm INS-209
Representatives from the Rwanda-based University of Global Health Equity, a Partners in Health initiative, will be on hand to discuss practicum and other opportunities.
Wednesday October 25th, 5:00-6:00pm INS-109A/B
Join the Department of Global Health every Monday from 1:00pm-2:00pm in CT-305 for our weekly lunch seminar series as we invite colleagues in the field to come and present on their research.
Click here for the full fall schedule.
External Events
Tuesday October 10th, 8:30pm Brattle Theater in Harvard Square
The film will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion with honored guests from the film, former Canadian Secretary of State, David Kilgour and International Human Rights lawyer, David Matas. (see bios in the invitation attached) Light refreshments will be provided. The event is supported by the International Coalition to End Organ Pillaging in China (EOP). and Doctors against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH). When reports first emerged from China in 2006 that state-run hospitals were killing prisoners of conscience to sell their organs, it seemed too horrible to believe. But as researchers around the world—including investigators David Matas and David Kilgour—began to uncover the mystery, the true picture became all too clear. Their evidence suggests that tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed on demand to supply an ongoing illegal organ transplant industry. The story of how these two Nobel Peace Prize nominees pieced together the evidence and continue to fight against this industrial-scale crime against humanity is a riveting tale of both personal triumphs and unimaginable horror. To see their report, please visit:
www.endorganpillaging.org/an-update
Friday October 13th, 2:00-3:30pm JSI Boston Office
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The BU Center for Latin American Studies has a lot of great events happening this month! Click above to see their latest email for upcoming events and subscribe for more information!
Check out Department of Global Health faculty members:
Matt Fox, Chris Gill, and Don Thea's
new podcast:
Free Associations
.
“Last week they said this, this week they’re saying that, and as a consumer that’s really hard to wade through and figure out what is real and what is not,” says
Donald Thea
, professor of global health, one of three voices on the new
Free Associations
podcast, which looks at the validity of the research behind the most recent health claims. The
podcast
, a fast, funny and well-informed conversation among health experts, launches tomorrow. It’s produced by the
Population Health Exchange
(PHX). The podcast hopes to help listeners sort through competing claims and look beyond those
DRAMATIC HEADLINES!
to the actual medical research behind them.
Job/Internship Opportunities:
Reminder,
Handshake
is a great one stop shop for all events, practicum and job opportunities!
Boston University (BU) is developing and applying an integrated Metrics Framework to support Access Accelerated, a first-of-its-kind collaboration focused on improving care for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). BU will help monitor progress, measure achievements, and identify opportunities to improve programs that promote access to NCD care and prevention. In order to collect data from companies, Boston University has launched the Access Observatory, an online public repository where anyone can find information on Access Accelerated initiatives, including reported data.
BU requests the services of two Graduate Research Assistants to assist the BU team to review the first program registration submissions to the Observatory.
Public Health Post is an online forum that reaches out to policymakers, journalists, scholars, and students to catalyze conversations on population health policy at a local, national, and global scale.
CEESP provides funding for students to travel and conduct summer research in U.S. minority and global settings. Amount awarded is based upon each applicant's research project and its associated costs for a period of up to 15 weeks during the summer of 2018. The program provides a stipend/subsistence to cover travel and living expenses in the domestic or foreign research sites. Previous internships have been conducted in Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Tunisia, Zambia, Cyprus, Peru, Mexico & the United States. This program is funded by a research training grant from the National Cancer Institute. Questions reach out to previous CEESP fellow
Emily Auwarter
Deadline is October 15, 2017
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Certificate Advising Fair:
TODAY
Monday October 2nd, 4:30-6:00pm, Heibert Lounge
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Monitoring & Evaluation
No M&E update this week
Sex, Sexuality & Gender
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the meet and greet lunch. It was great to learn all about your experiences and meet you all face to face. Looking forward to having more events with you all soon!
Outside BU event:
Tuesday October 3, 2017 5:45 pm – 8:30 pm
Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108
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Program Management
No PM update this week
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Pharmaceuticals
Interested in what the Pharmaceuticals Program is doing overall at BUSPH? From research to events be sure to sign up for the
Weekly Dose
email!
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Global Health
No GH update this week
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Childhood Trauma, Gender Inequitable Attitudes, Alcohol Use and Multiple Sexual Partners: Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Tanzania.
Lisa J. Messersmith
,
Nafisa Halim
, Ester Steven Mzilangwe, Naomi Reich, Lilian Badi,
Nelson Bingham Holmes II
, Maria Servidone,
Elizabeth Simmons
, and Philbert Kawemama. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2017
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Pre-travel health preparation of international travelers: results from the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network.
Hamer DH
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MacLeod WB
, Chen LH, Hochberg NS, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Ooi WW, Benoit C, Wilson ME, Jentes ES, Barnett ED. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 2017:1:78-90.
Malaria after international travel: a GeoSentinel analysis.
Angelo KM, DO, Libman M, Caumes E,
Hamer DH
, Kain KC, Leder K, Grobusch MP, Hagmann SH, Kozarsky P, Lalloo DG, Lim PL, Patimeteeporn C, Gautret P, Odolini S, Chappuis F, Esposito DH, the GeoSentinel Network, 2003–2016. Malaria J 2017;16:293.
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Prevalence and unmet need for diabetes care across the care continuum in a national sample of South African adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012.
Stokes A, Berry KM
, Mchiza Z, Parker W-a, Labadarios D, Chola L, Lumbwe Chola, Hongoro C, Zuma K,
Brennan A, Rockers P, Rosen S.
(2017) PLoS ONE 12(10): e0184264. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184264
Prevalence and Unmet Need for Diabetes Care in a National Sample of South African Adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012.
Stokes A,
Mchiza Z, Parker W,
Berry KM
, Labadarios D, Chola L, Hongoro C, Zuma K,
Rockers PC, Brennan AT, Rosen S.
PLoS ONE. Accepted: September 26, 2017. PONE-D-16-38869R1.
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Benefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate High Learning among Community Providers: Participants’ Views of a mHealth Intervention to support Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam.
Sabin, L., Larson Williams, A., Ngoc Le, B., Herman, A.H., Viet Nguyen, H., Albanese, R.R., et al. (2017).
Global Health: Science and Practice, 5(2), 261-273.
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Disproportionate exposure to Antibiotics for Children at Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Potential for Emerging Resistance and Opportunity for Antibiotic Stewardship.Barman, T.F., Morgan, J.R.,
Kaplan, W.A., Outterson, K., Pelton, S.I. (2017).
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 0(0).
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Events & Communications Specialist, Department of Global Health
801 Massachusetts Ave. CT-371A Boston MA 02118
617-414-1258 | jrestivo@bu.edu
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